5:43 PM,
May 2, 2014

Single women say they don't make enough to cover expenses, according to Consumers' Research.

Written by

Hadley Malcom
USA TODAY

Without the extra $900 to $1,000 a month Shanna Todd makes in her second job as a restaurant server, the 32 year-old consultant in Washington, D.C., would "be barely making it."

After losing her job as a sales manager when her company closed during the recession, working two years in South Korea led Todd to make a career change. But that meant heading back to school, and starting from the bottom in a new field.

"I wouldn't be able to finish my masters, and I wouldn't be able to probably pay my bills," Todd says of what life would be like without her additional income. Todd estimates she's making the ...